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In the midst of an arid summer that set heat records across Europe, the continent's rivers are evaporating. The Rhine — a pillar of the German, Dutch and
In the midst of an arid summer that set heat records across Europe, the continent’s rivers are evaporating. The Rhine — a pillar of the German, Dutch and Swiss economies for centuries — is set to become virtually impassable at a key waypoint later this week, stymieing vast flows of diesel and coal. The Danube, which snakes its way 2,900km through central Europe to the Black Sea, is gummed up too, hampering grain and other trade. Across Europe, transport is just one of the elements of river-based commerce that has been upended by climate change. France’s power crisis has worsened becaus...
The continent’s rivers and canals convey more than 1 tonne of freight annually for each EU resident and contribute around €78 billion to the region’s economy
The Rhine has dried up to the point of becoming all but impassable at a key bottleneck, stymieing vast flows of diesel and coal.